1960 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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The 1960 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose six[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Nebraska was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 62.07% of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 37.93% of the popular vote.[3][4]
With 62.07% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Nixon's strongest state in the 1960 election.[5]
Primaries
[edit]Democratic primary
[edit]Kennedy won the state's Democratic primary.[6]
While an effort by Stuart Symington or Hubert Humphrey could have, on paper, been successful in Nebraska's primary, Kennedy had managed to outmaneuver them, laying early groundwork which gave him a solid lead in the state.[7]
Kennedy managed, in early 1958, to secure Bernard Boyle's support.[7]
By the time that others such as Humphrey, Symington, and Johnson began to inquire with Boyle about their own prospective candidacies, they learned that they had a arrived a year too late.[7]
Kennedy went in to win the primary, unchallenged.[7] With the exception of Kennedy, all candidates were write-ins.[6]
| 1960 Nebraska Democratic Presidential Primary Results[6] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
| Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 80,408 | 88.7% | |||
| Democratic | Stuart Symington | 4,083 | 4.5% | |||
| Democratic | Hubert Humphrey | 3,202 | 3.5% | |||
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 1,368 | 1.5% | |||
| Democratic | Lyndon B. Johnson | 962 | 1.1% | |||
| Democratic | Others | 669 | 0.7% | |||
| Totals | 90,692 | 100.00% | ||||
Republican primary
[edit]Nixon won the state's Republican primary.[6] All candidates were write-ins.[6]
| 1960 Nebraska Republican Presidential Primary Results[6] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 74,356 | 93.8% | |||
| Republican | Nelson Rockefeller | 2,028 | 2.6% | |||
| Republican | Barry Goldwater | 1,068 | 1.3% | |||
| Republican | Others | 1,805 | 2.3% | |||
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Totals |
79,257 | 100.00% | ||||
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 380,553 | 62.07% | |
| Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 232,542 | 37.93% | |
| Total votes | 613,095 | 100% | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County[8] | Richard Nixon Republican |
John F. Kennedy Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 7,932 | 64.51% | 4,364 | 35.49% | 3,568 | 29.02% | 12,296 |
| Antelope | 3,617 | 71.10% | 1,470 | 28.90% | 2,147 | 42.20% | 5,087 |
| Arthur | 283 | 80.63% | 68 | 19.37% | 215 | 61.26% | 351 |
| Banner | 424 | 66.77% | 211 | 33.23% | 213 | 33.54% | 635 |
| Blaine | 420 | 78.80% | 113 | 21.20% | 307 | 57.60% | 533 |
| Boone | 2,809 | 64.49% | 1,547 | 35.51% | 1,262 | 28.98% | 4,356 |
| Box Butte | 3,157 | 62.60% | 1,886 | 37.40% | 1,271 | 25.20% | 5,043 |
| Boyd | 1,393 | 64.46% | 768 | 35.54% | 625 | 28.92% | 2,161 |
| Brown | 1,735 | 77.15% | 514 | 22.85% | 1,221 | 54.30% | 2,249 |
| Buffalo | 7,595 | 66.12% | 3,891 | 33.88% | 3,704 | 32.24% | 11,486 |
| Burt | 3,613 | 72.56% | 1,366 | 27.44% | 2,247 | 45.12% | 4,979 |
| Butler | 2,253 | 45.11% | 2,742 | 54.89% | -489 | -9.78% | 4,995 |
| Cass | 4,506 | 61.68% | 2,799 | 38.32% | 1,707 | 23.36% | 7,305 |
| Cedar | 3,060 | 51.01% | 2,939 | 48.99% | 121 | 2.02% | 5,999 |
| Chase | 1,482 | 69.28% | 657 | 30.72% | 825 | 38.56% | 2,139 |
| Cherry | 2,695 | 72.08% | 1,044 | 27.92% | 1,651 | 44.16% | 3,739 |
| Cheyenne | 2,814 | 52.17% | 2,580 | 47.83% | 234 | 4.34% | 5,394 |
| Clay | 3,005 | 69.30% | 1,331 | 30.70% | 1,674 | 38.60% | 4,336 |
| Colfax | 2,504 | 55.91% | 1,975 | 44.09% | 529 | 11.82% | 4,479 |
| Cuming | 3,894 | 67.45% | 1,879 | 32.55% | 2,015 | 34.90% | 5,773 |
| Custer | 5,716 | 70.87% | 2,350 | 29.13% | 3,366 | 41.74% | 8,066 |
| Dakota | 2,977 | 56.13% | 2,327 | 43.87% | 650 | 12.26% | 5,304 |
| Dawes | 3,106 | 70.83% | 1,279 | 29.17% | 1,827 | 41.66% | 4,385 |
| Dawson | 6,480 | 73.07% | 2,388 | 26.93% | 4,092 | 46.14% | 8,868 |
| Deuel | 1,276 | 76.22% | 398 | 23.78% | 878 | 52.44% | 1,674 |
| Dixon | 2,713 | 66.22% | 1,384 | 33.78% | 1,329 | 32.44% | 4,097 |
| Dodge | 9,638 | 67.21% | 4,702 | 32.79% | 4,936 | 34.42% | 14,340 |
| Douglas | 72,005 | 52.92% | 64,060 | 47.08% | 7,945 | 5.84% | 136,065 |
| Dundy | 1,245 | 71.92% | 486 | 28.08% | 759 | 43.84% | 1,731 |
| Fillmore | 2,842 | 61.09% | 1,810 | 38.91% | 1,032 | 22.18% | 4,652 |
| Franklin | 1,798 | 64.19% | 1,003 | 35.81% | 795 | 28.38% | 2,801 |
| Frontier | 1,615 | 73.51% | 582 | 26.49% | 1,033 | 47.02% | 2,197 |
| Furnas | 2,854 | 72.34% | 1,091 | 27.66% | 1,763 | 44.68% | 3,945 |
| Gage | 7,754 | 66.76% | 3,861 | 33.24% | 3,893 | 33.52% | 11,615 |
| Garden | 1,376 | 76.36% | 426 | 23.64% | 950 | 52.72% | 1,802 |
| Garfield | 1,047 | 77.44% | 305 | 22.56% | 742 | 54.88% | 1,352 |
| Gosper | 854 | 71.58% | 339 | 28.42% | 515 | 43.16% | 1,193 |
| Grant | 410 | 76.35% | 127 | 23.65% | 283 | 52.70% | 537 |
| Greeley | 960 | 43.18% | 1,263 | 56.82% | -303 | -13.64% | 2,223 |
| Hall | 9,763 | 63.98% | 5,496 | 36.02% | 4,267 | 27.96% | 15,259 |
| Hamilton | 3,249 | 72.65% | 1,223 | 27.35% | 2,026 | 45.30% | 4,472 |
| Harlan | 1,766 | 66.42% | 893 | 33.58% | 873 | 32.84% | 2,659 |
| Hayes | 699 | 71.33% | 281 | 28.67% | 418 | 42.66% | 980 |
| Hitchcock | 1,634 | 70.67% | 678 | 29.33% | 956 | 41.34% | 2,312 |
| Holt | 4,150 | 62.99% | 2,438 | 37.01% | 1,712 | 25.98% | 6,588 |
| Hooker | 443 | 86.19% | 71 | 13.81% | 372 | 72.38% | 514 |
| Howard | 1,676 | 52.47% | 1,518 | 47.53% | 158 | 4.94% | 3,194 |
| Jefferson | 4,047 | 68.11% | 1,895 | 31.89% | 2,152 | 36.22% | 5,942 |
| Johnson | 2,098 | 64.57% | 1,151 | 35.43% | 947 | 29.14% | 3,249 |
| Kearney | 2,065 | 62.05% | 1,263 | 37.95% | 802 | 24.10% | 3,328 |
| Keith | 2,680 | 68.88% | 1,211 | 31.12% | 1,469 | 37.76% | 3,891 |
| Keya Paha | 646 | 72.83% | 241 | 27.17% | 405 | 45.66% | 887 |
| Kimball | 2,152 | 67.93% | 1,016 | 32.07% | 1,136 | 35.86% | 3,168 |
| Knox | 3,847 | 64.45% | 2,122 | 35.55% | 1,725 | 28.90% | 5,969 |
| Lancaster | 37,725 | 62.57% | 22,564 | 37.43% | 15,161 | 25.14% | 60,289 |
| Lincoln | 7,685 | 61.49% | 4,812 | 38.51% | 2,873 | 22.98% | 12,497 |
| Logan | 391 | 70.58% | 163 | 29.42% | 228 | 41.16% | 554 |
| Loup | 445 | 77.53% | 129 | 22.47% | 316 | 55.06% | 574 |
| Madison | 8,350 | 73.25% | 3,050 | 26.75% | 5,300 | 46.50% | 11,400 |
| McPherson | 303 | 81.89% | 67 | 18.11% | 236 | 63.78% | 370 |
| Merrick | 2,744 | 68.98% | 1,234 | 31.02% | 1,510 | 37.96% | 3,978 |
| Morrill | 2,020 | 62.75% | 1,199 | 37.25% | 821 | 25.50% | 3,219 |
| Nance | 1,699 | 62.67% | 1,012 | 37.33% | 687 | 25.34% | 2,711 |
| Nemaha | 3,031 | 68.76% | 1,377 | 31.24% | 1,654 | 37.52% | 4,408 |
| Nuckolls | 2,441 | 60.86% | 1,570 | 39.14% | 871 | 21.72% | 4,011 |
| Otoe | 5,057 | 66.54% | 2,543 | 33.46% | 2,514 | 33.08% | 7,600 |
| Pawnee | 1,728 | 63.13% | 1,009 | 36.87% | 719 | 26.26% | 2,737 |
| Perkins | 1,301 | 65.12% | 697 | 34.88% | 604 | 30.24% | 1,998 |
| Phelps | 3,795 | 75.19% | 1,252 | 24.81% | 2,543 | 50.38% | 5,047 |
| Pierce | 2,963 | 72.80% | 1,107 | 27.20% | 1,856 | 45.60% | 4,070 |
| Platte | 6,129 | 58.28% | 4,387 | 41.72% | 1,742 | 16.56% | 10,516 |
| Polk | 2,397 | 66.94% | 1,184 | 33.06% | 1,213 | 33.88% | 3,581 |
| Red Willow | 3,890 | 66.93% | 1,922 | 33.07% | 1,968 | 33.86% | 5,812 |
| Richardson | 4,481 | 62.66% | 2,670 | 37.34% | 1,811 | 25.32% | 7,151 |
| Rock | 1,084 | 81.08% | 253 | 18.92% | 831 | 62.16% | 1,337 |
| Saline | 2,881 | 44.99% | 3,523 | 55.01% | -642 | -10.02% | 6,404 |
| Sarpy | 4,672 | 55.30% | 3,777 | 44.70% | 895 | 10.60% | 8,449 |
| Saunders | 4,702 | 56.94% | 3,556 | 43.06% | 1,146 | 13.88% | 8,258 |
| Scotts Bluff | 8,728 | 60.72% | 5,646 | 39.28% | 3,082 | 21.44% | 14,374 |
| Seward | 3,588 | 63.14% | 2,095 | 36.86% | 1,493 | 26.28% | 5,683 |
| Sheridan | 2,870 | 71.50% | 1,144 | 28.50% | 1,726 | 43.00% | 4,014 |
| Sherman | 1,131 | 44.21% | 1,427 | 55.79% | -296 | -11.58% | 2,558 |
| Sioux | 745 | 64.22% | 415 | 35.78% | 330 | 28.44% | 1,160 |
| Stanton | 1,680 | 66.22% | 857 | 33.78% | 823 | 32.44% | 2,537 |
| Thayer | 3,202 | 67.38% | 1,550 | 32.62% | 1,652 | 34.76% | 4,752 |
| Thomas | 420 | 74.87% | 141 | 25.13% | 279 | 49.74% | 561 |
| Thurston | 1,757 | 57.19% | 1,315 | 42.81% | 442 | 14.38% | 3,072 |
| Valley | 2,045 | 62.10% | 1,248 | 37.90% | 797 | 24.20% | 3,293 |
| Washington | 3,772 | 69.01% | 1,694 | 30.99% | 2,078 | 38.02% | 5,466 |
| Wayne | 3,274 | 76.16% | 1,025 | 23.84% | 2,249 | 52.32% | 4,299 |
| Webster | 2,026 | 64.75% | 1,103 | 35.25% | 923 | 29.50% | 3,129 |
| Wheeler | 424 | 63.95% | 239 | 36.05% | 185 | 27.90% | 663 |
| York | 5,205 | 74.69% | 1,764 | 25.31% | 3,441 | 49.38% | 6,969 |
| Totals | 380,553 | 62.07% | 232,542 | 37.93% | 148,011 | 24.14% | 613,095 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1960 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ "1960 Presidential General Election Results - Nebraska". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1960". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ "1960 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "RESULTS OF 1960 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PRIMARIES". John F. Kennedy presidential library. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Oliphant, Thomas; Wilkie, Curtis (2017). The road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign. Simon & Schuster.
- ^ "NE US President Race, November 08, 1960". Our Campaigns.
